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Glutamate Dehydrogenase Blood Test

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 82965

A blood test that measures glutamate dehydrogenase, an enzyme found deep inside liver cells. Because it is held within the cell rather than on its surface, a raised level in the blood signals that liver cells themselves have been damaged.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Glutamate Dehydrogenase Blood Test cost?

$14.45

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.45 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.77 from a physician practice, and about $21.38 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$9.77$5.50 to $14.45
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.38$14.45 to $29.51

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $12 to $40Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $5 to $16
$5$10$20$50facility $21professional $10

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$13.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$8.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.39
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$34.67
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$13.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$10.72

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 4.7 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Louisiana· 15th of 51

$14.45

AK $29.51KY $6.31

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.